Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 498 Shri Damaryadibhir avrta (ōṃ ḍāmaryādibhirāvṛtāyai namaḥ)

In Namams 475 to 534 represents the Divine Mother’s Yogini forms. 

The Divine Mother as Lakini yoginis is residing in the Manipuraka chakra in ten-petaled lotus. She is surrounded by Damari Devi and nine other shaktis. 

Those attending ten deities’ names are listed in “Pujapaddhati”; they are as follows: DAmari, DankAri, NArNA, tAmasi, SthANvi, dAkshAyaNi, dAtri, nAri, PArvati and PhaTkAriNi. 

Like ten syllables there are the ten deities surrounding the Lakini Devi in Manipuraka chakra. Depending upon our mindset, studying about these deities is a good form of worshipping the Divine Mother.

 

With three faces Lakini Devi n Manipuraka chakra.

C N Nachiappun          

Singapore, 06 June 2021.

References:

1.       The Thousand Names of the Divine Mother published in English by Mata Amritanandamayi Center, San Ramon, California, USA, with Commentary by T. V Narayana Menon

2.       Shri Lalitha Sahasranama Stostram published in Tamil by N. Ramaswami Iyer charities’ societies, Trichirapalli, India, with Commentary by C. V. Radhakrishna Sastry.

3.       The Lalitha Sahasranamam published in Tamil by Shri Ramakrishna Thapovanam, Thiruipparaithurai, Trichy District, Tamilnadu, India with commentary by Shrimath Swami Chithbavandar.